vbulletintemplates.com - ugly?

[insanctus]

I personally dislike the style to, but I do not go there to look at the style, I go there for other needs for templates , when I have them, and it is a good resource.

As for posting, I never do. I have no interest in being active there, I am not big on templates.

And yes my site to most is very very ugly ~ laughs.

[sabret00the]

theirs not enough regular posters on there and normally i'd say increase staff on a regs:mod ratio, but occasionally it's best to do it the other way round.

also get the newest mods/hottest mods on the index, and also mods of the month, and style of the quarter would be a great.

but apparently most of this stuff was gonna be intruduced but never happened

also give folks some choice in terms of style settings, that's meant to be the place for style sets and yet we're restricted to one basic one, i'm a fan of dark skins, i tend to spend most of my time on sites with darker skins, easier on my eyes, their was something about that written by an optician once.

[AlexanderT]

Originally Posted by Xenon

and the vb.com chit chat forum seems to be the place to talk about vb.org.

and on some totally different boards, there's the place to talk about vb.com.
really fascinating, so...

Isn't that normal behavior? If you critically discuss someone's work, but that someone doesn't take criticism easily (such as the maker of vBT), you go somewhere else to discuss the matter. As simple as that. And there are other reasons. One would be user activity (how do you want to discuss something if noone responses?), which is amiss at vBT.

As for the baby skin: I don't like it. This is merely my personal taste.

[sabret00the]

also might help assist vBT's growth to have vBoTM moved over there?

also i find it ammusing the skin is being toated as something installed by popular demand, the people who originally wanted it back aint there anymore and the newer ones don't seem that nostalgic however i must admit i liked it at the time.

[Tony G]

and the vb.com chit chat forum seems to be the place to talk about vb.org.

and on some totally different boards, there's the place to talk about vb.com.
really fascinating, so...

Indeed it is. It's like some sort of chain reaction. People don't like critisising something at the actual forum. Oh well. =/

Sorry to say this, Tony, but unless things have drastically changed over there, most of the time, you can't even get replies to any posts let alone complaint ones. That's the reason I stopped going over there. I already know my posts are going to be ignored, so why bother posting?

I, personally, do the best job that I can with the time that is given to me. I explained this in the other thread about the dying sister sites. I am only one person, it needs a whole network of active members, like this place does, to be able to cover every single support question on the forum. We don't have that, therefore it's impossible to cover every single little thing. We do our best. If it's not good enough for everyone, well, that's not up to me to judge.

And let me assure you, complains will not be ignored. It's just a generalisation to think that vBT people would ignore you if you, or anyone, made a complaint. That's just silly.

theirs not enough regular posters on there and normally i'd say increase staff on a regs:mod ratio, but occasionally it's best to do it the other way round.

I don't think that method works. People need to be interested in helping the community out. From what I see, people think it's just a dead zone of some sort, and I don't think this is the case. The site needs a new reputation, and people will then come to help out and offer their support to the site. Adding another mod will not achieve this. But once again, this is not for me to judge. And that's probably a good thing. :P

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Tony G

I don't think that method works. People need to be interested in helping the community out. From what I see, people think it's just a dead zone of some sort, and I don't think this is the case. The site needs a new reputation, and people will then come to help out and offer their support to the site. Adding another mod will not achieve this. But once again, this is not for me to judge. And that's probably a good thing. :P

one? you need a few, and i think anything is better than what's going on over there now, which is alot of nothing, reward the few active members you got now.

EDIT: Just for the record, i have no desire to become a member of staff on any jelsoft/jelsoft related site, i just want the best for them as a member of usergroupd 2

[Tony G]

I feel as if that is just a quick fix, and it won't work in the long run. This isn't for me to decide anyway, but there isn't even enough activity for more mods. If the 'few' active members of the site really do care for the community, they will stick by it no matter what. They will try to help, mod status or no mod status. It's up to them. In my opinion, someone who says 'vBT is this and that and something is wrong here and there' is not going to help the site. There's a difference between pointing out problems, and fixing them.

[Floris]

I get the feeling some people only post to these kind of conversations only to put more wood on the fire while it is already out.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by floris

I get the feeling some people only post to these kind of conversations only to put more wood on the fire while it is already out.

theirs a fire? the threads people merely suggesting how to make vBT more attractive and active, don't make it into something it's not, i haven't sensed any annimosity from this thread and hopefully if such posts aren't injected it will remain that way.

[13th_Disciple]

I am not much of a fan of the new style and wasn't a fan of the vB2 style.. I go there only when I can't find something here, and generally would prefer to go to a single source for information I may need or just to see what's going on..

The fact that everything seems to be so split up has me very discouraged and I find myself not really caring anymore because of the divisions.. I don't mean of people who leave and start other sites, I just mean of the fact that something can't be discussed and needs to be done elsewhere..

It is just that much more user-friendly to contain all information.. it's also more functional.. all that being said, I still go to vBt, but only about once every 2 to 3 months..